Stove attachment



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' UNTED STATES PATEN'I OFFICE.

PETER BIEIH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STOVE ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,419, dated July 4,1882.

` Application ined october 1,1881.

To all whom Ait may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER BIETH, of Ghicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStove Attachments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices for attaching a whetstone or similarimplement for sharpening knives to acooking stove or range; and itconsists in the jointed construction of the parts-formin g theattachment,whereby the stone may be raised for use and then lowered outofthe way.`

It also consists in certain features of construction,which will behereinafter more fully Set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the attachment in side elevation securedto the ilange of a cooking-stove top, and having the stone raised intoposition for use. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top view of the stove withattachment in place. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of theparts through .fr :v of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4, is a similar 'section ofthe stone and lholder through the clamp at y y, Figs. 1 and 2.

A represents the margin or flange of a stovetop, downwardly turned, ascommonly constructed.

B B are arms, slotted at their upper ends, as seen in Fig. 3, to set upover the edge of' said flange, and provided ywith clampscrews C tosecure the arms firmly to said flange. Said arms B, as here shown, aredisconnected; but they may be rigidly joined by a connectingbar casttherewith; or, in other words, said arms may constitute clamps upon abar.

D is a bar intended to hold a sharpeningstone, S, and for this purposeit is provided with the lugs or flanges D', one or more of them having asuitable set-screw, d, by which the stone is clamped to the bar.

(No model.)

E E are links, pivoted at their upper and lower ends, respectively, tothe bar D and to the clamps B, and thereby adapted to swing the stone upinto the elevated position shown in Fig. 1, in which it is preferablyhigher'than the stove-top, and also to swing the stone downward belowthe level of the stove-top, where it is less exposed to injury.

The xed parts or arms B are provided wit stops b, which arrest the linksE in the inclined position indicated, the incline of said arms beingsufficient to prevent the stone being thrown back in applying the knifethereto. Shoulders e on the links E also strike the lugs b when thestone is lowered, and prevent the latter from falling so far as tointerfere with thev oven-door. 'Ihe stone is preferably held edge up,both for greater effectiveness in sharpening a knife and as being lessprominent when lowered.

Obviously the links E may be pivoted to the arms B, so as to swingdirectly outward from the stove, instead of parallel therewith, when thestone in such construction will not interfere with the oven-door.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a knife-sharpening attachment for astove, the combination, with thestone-holder, of clamps pivotallyconnected with said holder and fitted to the stove, whereby the stonemay be raised or lowered, substantially as described.

2. lncombination with the stone-holder, and with clamps for securing theattachment to the stove", provided with the lugs b, the links E, pivotedto the holder and to the clamps to carry the stone parallel with theedge of the stove, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix mysignatnrein presence of. two witnesses.

Witnesses:

M. E. DAYTON, WILLIAM M. STANLEY.

